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The British authorities were accused last night of ignoring evidence about
death threats and intimidation linked to a multimillion-pound Russian fraud,
months before a “whistleblower” in the case was found
dead outside his Surrey home.

Alexander Perepilichny, 44, whose cause of death is described as
“unexplained”, had passed documents to campaigners fighting to expose the
huge tax fraud in Russia that had led to the death of an anti-corruption
lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky.

The alleged fraudsters are said to have stolen three companies from a
British-based investment firm, Hermitage Capital, and used them to
perpetrate the fraud.